October 2013 Blog Posts (25)

Published Wed, Sep 25th, 2013   Johnnie-Ann Campbell, Senior Correspondent Capitol Hill Daily

We’ve been down this road of big government before. This time, Obama is trying to implement federal entitlement programs for preschool. And so far, it hasn’t worked. In fact, it still isn’t working, and…

Posted on21 October 2013 - The Report Card

President Theodore Roosevelt

(Editor: “Dare to Think” an educational conference on renewing an understanding of American History and Exceptionalism, will offer a…

by Overwatch1776

Patriots,

Lately, many of you have been forwarding video of Obama advocating sex education for Kindergartners. The video was even posted on Drudge earlier this week. (Go to Obama Agreed with mandating Sex Ed classes for Kindergartners.)  

Without a…

Published Fri, Oct 25th, 2013   Floyd Brown, Chief Political Analyst

This week I took time out from my regular schedule to swim among the geeks. I traveled to the Las Vegas Convention Center and wandered the halls of a …

Published Wed, Oct 23rd, 2013   Johnnie-Ann Campbell, Senior Correspondent

It’s no secret that times have changed since we were kids. Everything from educational practices to parenting styles to society’s expectations for children has changed. When I was growing up, kids typically teased each other –…

Philadelphia city council members have approved a resolution that calls for socialist historian Howard Zinn’s book “A People’s History of the United States” to be taught in public high schools.

The resolution was backed by council members Jim Kenny and Jannie Blackwell, who believe that Zinn’s far-left socialist vision of American history is currently missing from high school textbooks.

“Howard Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States’ emphasizes the…

Oct. 23, 2013 dave Urbanski - The Blaze

Football players who get frustrated by their teams’ performance often react in regrettable ways.

Press-conference temper tantrums. Shouting matches with coaches. Sideline fights. Locker-room donnybrooks.

And we all know what those reactions earn for those frustrated players.

So when a junior defensive end from the Rittman (Ohio) High School football team got a composition class assignment last Friday to write a poem about…

Posted on 17 October 2013 By Bill Korach - The Report Card

Gay activists in Massachusetts claim to acting on behalf of their rights as if they were fighting for a civil right cause such as racial discrimination. In fact, many gay organizations are aggressive and even reckless promoters of the homosexual lifestyle to school children. In many cases, courses promoted by organizations like The Cape and Islands Gay and Straight Youth Alliance encourage students to…

Michelle Malkin | Oct 18, 2013

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal lawmakers want to prevent schools from employing convicted sex offenders, kidnappers, murderers, pornographers, spouse beaters and rapists.

It’s such an obviously good idea that Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House agree on it, and passed legislation by a simple voice vote to make it the law.

But there’s one group who thinks this is a bad idea: leaders of our nation’s teachers…

Oct. 18, 2013 3:53pm Jason Howerton

Sixth-grade students at Eastern Wayne Middle School in North Carolina unknowingly took part in a horrifying “enrichment” lesson involving a fake masked gunman last Friday.

As students sat in class, someone in a mask reportedly rushed into the room and pretended to rob them with a fake pistol. The…

By Chris Sherwood, eHow Contributor

Introduction

• For communities that rely on public schools for their children's education, bonds are a normal part of school life. When it comes to funding the daily operations of a school, levies are usually the main source of income. However, when a new building is needed or a school remodel is required, the district will quite often use a …

14 October 2013  Bill Korach The Report Card

Happy Columbus Day. You can read any number of revisionist historical smears against Christopher Columbus across America. Valerie Strauss writes in several in today’s “The Washington Post.” I am not sure what motivates so much animus against Columbus, but revisionists are so determined to trash Columbus that they will say almost anything. Ms. Stauss is so eager to belittle Columbus that her criticism is downright…

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October 10, 2013 Howard's Blog

Well first of all, GEOrgia Lord says to vote FOR it, so I was suspicious immediately.

GEOrgia says in her support letter that this is NOT a new tax, so your taxes will not go up.  Well, GEOrgia, as usual, is full of it. Of course this is a new tax, and if you vote AGAINST it, your taxes might go DOWN because as property values go up (which they have already, and we didn’t see GEOrgia and the city of GY lower rates did we?) you will see your taxes…

By Victor Skinner EAGnews.org 10-10-13

CAREFREE, Ariz. – Some parents of students at Cactus Shadows High School are outraged over a play that has students acting out sexual encounters with a goat, and using vulgar sexual expressions.

 

Other parents of students in teacher Andrew Cupo’s advanced drama class believe the concerns are overblown, and resent…

Arizona School Board Association (ASBA) Official 2014 Political Agenda

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Posted on 08 October 2013 - The Report Card

(Editor: www.thereportcard.org Our friend Diane Ravitch informs us that a charter school in Idaho actually outsourced essay reading and grading to India. Now we admit that India was under the British Raj for 300 years and many in India speak English. However good writing needs nurturing not “outsourcing.” Good writing and high educational standards are the job of the student under the…

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by Mickie Niland

Chandler Unified School District resident

Republican Precinct Committeeman